- City:
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Shaw & Woleben
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The University of Southern Mississippi’s library, now known as Kennard-Washington Hall and serving as administrative offices, was constructed as PWA project x1370. The Georgian Revival style building was approved in September 1938 and construction began 12/19/1938. A grant of $38,863 was received toward the total cost of $86,363. Construction was completed November 10, 1939. “The two-story brick building has a hipped roof with a balustraded widow’s walk, and was originally cross-shaped, but the northeast quadrant was infilled with a one-story brick addition” (Gatlin, 2010, p. .18). The interior features a two-story rotunda with dome, supported by columns. The building is marked with an internal plaque identifying it as a Public Works Administration project.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved from www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=facts
Gatlin, W. (2010) Nomination form, University of Southern Mississippi Historic District, NRHP.
Report No. 5 Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, region 3, Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 106.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on April 15, 2019.
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